Single services will not change that - but they offer us a unique opportunity to do more.
Hubs bring together related content from the Web, applications and services into a single view to simplify common tasks.
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Additionally, 75 percent of those surveyed prefer to receive all of their technical support services from a single vendor.
Financial services are the single largest source of revenue for information technology (IT), according to technology market research firm Forrester Research.
The new interface also has a series of "hubs", which bring together related content from the web, applications and services into a single view.
Going forward, any Smart TVs and Set-top-boxes running on the combined solution will allow end users to access cloud gaming services with a single click of button.
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We are now going one step further and adding an NFC-enabled handset to this popular range of devices, enabling people to use contactless services via a single tap.
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The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) replaces proprietary printing services with a single method for sending print jobs from a computer to any authorized printer connected to an IP network.
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Eikon, intended to replace Reuters' grab bag of services with a single offering, was designed to be more user-friendly than Bloomberg's devices, but it was launched hastily and with flaws.
On behalf of the Conservatives, Janet Finch-Sauders, acknowledged the benefits of streamlining public services under a single integrated plan and called on the government to ensure that no service provision is downgraded through this process.
It is in fact taking it a step further by looking to market all these services under a single brand at a national level, instead of hedging its bets by just partnering with a carrier.
Nokia has the pieces it needs to begin integrating GPS and cellular communication into all kinds of devices that will offer better real-time traffic, weather and location Web services than a single-function GPS alone can.
Netflix's early success in Internet video enthralled Wall Street until its CEO, Reed Hastings, irked subscribers 18 months ago by announcing the company was ending its practice of allowing them to get DVD rental and streaming services in a single package.
This week, Google announced that, effective March 1st, it would be creating a single view of users across the majority of its products and services, and creating a single, simplified, global privacy policy to cover the new approach.
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The latest thing in Europe is SMS push services broadcasting a single message to multiple subscribers.
The bill will see Scotland's eight police forces and eight fire services merged into two single national bodies.
The bill would see Scotland's eight police forces and eight fire services merged into two single national bodies.
Bundled services relationships where a single firm provides asset allocation, manager selection, performance reporting, custody and trading are fraught with dangers.
If there is a single social services department for Gwent - what happens if there is a serious failing in, say, Monmouthshire?
Every single financial services firm has a huge portfolio of securities that must be closely observed and analyzed in as close to real time as possible.
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Robin joined RIM in the beginning of 2007 with the mandate to take RIM's BlackBerry data services infrastructure from a single presence in Canada to a distributed model connecting to over 650 carrier partners worldwide.
Third, and most important, patients may be harmed when services are prioritised economically in single-tier health-care systems like Canada's.
By this summer, "e-government" should mean internet access to all local and central government services, operating via a single point of entry, or portal.
"Many councils in Wales cover very large geographical areas because they are so rural and imagine having a single department running services for two councils over that area, " he told BBC Radio Wales.
"I support the principle of a single Welsh police service based on community policing... however, specialist police services should be organised regionally and supported by a single administrative function".
EUROPE'S much-promised single market in financial services is taking a long time to create.
The Conservative-run council said the two services could be combined as a single community interest company.
However, the UK will remain outside, and will demand a strengthened 27-member single market in financial services.
There has been less progress in creating a single market in financial services, which remains some way off.
Historically, he says, such fundamental services are not owned by a single provider.
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